384: Targeted mental attack! (asking for monthly ticket)

“What rank have you challenged up to now?”

During dinner, Old Lord asked Jiang Yuan.

In previous battles, Nezha and Zhao Gongming were always the ones fighting, so he wasn't needed at all and hadn't appeared.

However, it seemed there was no point in him appearing either.

The Martial Arts Arena card was very strange; entering its space was like entering another world.

Whether he appeared before or within the Martial Arts Arena, after exiting it, he would transform back into a card and return to Jiang Yuan's consciousness.

But one good thing was that it seemed to be a virtual space; no matter how long the cooldown of a skill used, after leaving the Martial Arts Arena, it could not only be used outside but also be used again the next time one entered.

Theoretically, if luck was good, just relying on the [Seventy-Two Transformations - Summoning Immortals] card would be enough to clear it to the first place.

“Two thousand five hundred thirty-seven.”

“What a pity, it's still a bit slow, and the opponents now are basically all at the Shi Shen Early Stage, so we don't need to go all out.”

Jiang Yuan smiled and shook his head: “It will probably take until we challenge around the top thousand before we can all go all out.”

After the two thousand two hundredth rank, most opponents were at the Shi Shen Early Stage strength.

Only when entering within the two thousand two hundredth rank would opponents be at the Sixth Realm Solid Star Middle Stage strength.

And opponents of this strength were clearly not a match for Nezha, who could easily challenge opponents above his level.

When they entered around the top thousand, where all opponents would be at the Shi Shen Late Stage, that's when Nezha, Zhao Gongming, Shi Ji, and Old Lord might need to fight together.

For now, they weren't needed.

“Almost, three, um, two and a half days are almost up. After you successfully challenge, it'll be time for that little fellow Mu Qianshan to break through as well.”

Old Lord stroked his beard with a smile: “Just like you, let him try to break through on his own first. If he really can't succeed, then use this pill.”

“Regardless of whether he uses it or not, once he successfully breaks through, just have him name this pill, and then we can start selling it.”

“I still have so many things I want to try my hand at.”

Speaking of this, Old Lord's eyes revealed a hint of joy and excitement, like a child who had received a new toy.

“Alright.”

Jiang Yuan nodded: “He really should break through. By the way, should we get him some equipment? I always feel his current strength isn't very strong.”

“Indeed.”

Old Lord nodded: “If we weren't around, I feel he'd have trouble even protecting himself.”

“Hmm, his combat power doesn't seem very strong.”

“Alright, leave it to me.”

After Old Lord agreed, he began to ponder.

What kind of equipment should he give Mu Qianshan to enhance his strength?

To be honest, Mu Qianshan's combat power wasn't actually very weak.

At the same strength level, he was at least among the top-ranked.

Especially with [Pure Yang Swordplay], Mu Qianshan's combat power could even be rated as monstrous.

Although still a bit short of the best perverted level, it was still pretty good.

But the problem was that Jiang Yuan viewed Mu Qianshan entirely by his own standards.

Or rather, anyone Jiang Yuan could take down had perverted-level combat power.

Perhaps only this level of combat power could be remembered by Jiang Yuan.

So, in Jiang Yuan's opinion, monstrous-level combat power was still a bit lacking.

With no way to improve his realm, and with [Pure Yang Swordplay] and the Zifu Sword in hand, he basically had no ability to improve further.

He could only improve from other areas.

It wasn't that he hadn't considered getting a Golden Crow for Mu Qianshan.

After all, the Golden Crow's card panel didn't have the [Lone] tag.

If that was the case, it meant that [Golden Crow] could be repeatedly produced.

In fact, if there weren't those ten restrictions, it felt like wholesale production would be possible.

But when Old Lord heard Jiang Yuan's idea, he said it wasn't quite suitable at the moment.

The Golden Crow's combat power was indeed very strong, but Mu Qianshan wasn't a Beast Tamer Card Master.

He was more of a Combat Card Master, one who fought with the Zifu Sword in his hand.

If there was an external aid like the Golden Crow, it might be detrimental to Mu Qianshan's growth.

Combat Card Masters value their own strength and combat power the most.

Unlike Beast Tamer Card Masters like Huang Huanqing, whose playstyle revolves around taming beasts and using other forms of combat power.

So Jiang Yuan had to give up this idea for now, waiting until Mu Qianshan's strength improved more and he was on the right track before creating a Golden Crow as his aid.

However, what Jiang Yuan didn't know was that Old Lord said this purely because of Jiang Yuan's own past example.

Theoretically, according to Jiang Yuan's previous thoughts, after he got rid of the myasthenia, he should have learned combat skills.

Such as weapons like guns or swords.

Or failing that, the combat style of a Skill Card Master.

According to Nezha, Jiang Yuan had also studied the combat style of a Skill Card Master for a period of time.

That period of study seemed quite effective; at the very least, Jiang Yuan could be considered capable of holding his own.

His combat power wasn't particularly strong, but relying on the cards Jiang Yuan himself had created, he could be considered a genius-level combatant among those of the same rank.

But later, because Nezha and Zhao Gongming eliminated opponents too quickly, Jiang Yuan gradually gave up on this aspect.

Or rather, if Nezha and Zhao Gongming couldn't handle an enemy, or if they found an enemy difficult to deal with, or took a long time to kill them, Jiang Yuan's abilities were basically useless.

So Jiang Yuan eventually gradually gave up this combat style.

But seriously, Old Master Wang Hean was a Beast Tamer Card Master back then.

Although Jiang Yuan's Summoning Card Master combat style was similar to that of a Beast Tamer Card Master, both involved commanding other “creatures” to fight.

The actual combat styles of the two were very different.

Beast Taming required command, but if Jiang Yuan's commands were applied to Nezha and Zhao Gongming, it might even reduce their combat power.

So, Jiang Yuan gave up later.

And he gave up quite thoroughly; so thoroughly that even though the myasthenia was gone, Jiang Yuan's Skill Card Master combat style was completely ineffective in a short period of time.

Jiang Yuan now only had one combat style he could use.

A saturation strike relying on ample Star Power supply and a variety of lightning-attribute skills.

It seemed Jiang Yuan could now only act as a pure lightning-attribute Skill Card Master.

This was why Old Lord rejected Jiang Yuan's idea of getting a Golden Crow for Mu Qianshan.

Mu Qianshan was Mu Qianshan after all, not Jiang Yuan.

If his combat abilities were wasted because of the Golden Crow, then he didn't have as many Card Spirits as Jiang Yuan to fight for him.

The ultimate result would only be a mediocre Student who pleased neither side.

Now that he had the Zifu Sword and [Pure Yang Swordplay], he shouldn't become that kind of person.

At least he uses the same weapon as his disciple.

“Or, actually, he could try to break through these two days already.”

After dinner, on the way back to the Martial Arts Arena, Jiang Yuan suddenly thought.

His own challenge path wouldn't affect Mu Qianshan's breakthrough, would it?

“Hey, where are you?”

Acting on the thought, Jiang Yuan directly called Mu Qianshan.

“I'm at home, what's up?”

“Nothing, just that you can try to break through these two days. If you can't break through on your own, Old Lord still has his pill.”

“These two days?”

Mu Qianshan's hesitant voice came from the phone.

“It might not work these two days, right?”

“Why not?”

Jiang Yuan was a bit puzzled: “I'm challenging the sixth-grade leaderboard these two days. You, you shouldn't have anything busy, right?”

Jiang Yuan was indeed a bit strange, after all, Mu Qianshan was usually busy when Jiang Yuan released new cards for sale.

But now…

Speaking of which, it seemed like a long time since he had released a new card, right?

In that case, Mu Qianshan shouldn't be very busy.

After all, he had quite a few people under him.

“Haha, it's precisely because you're challenging the sixth-grade leaderboard that I've been quite busy these past few days.”

Mu Qianshan laughed heartily on the other end of the phone: “To deal with your challenge, and to defeat you, they've bought a lot of special cards from me.”

“But the best-selling one is still the [Shadow Duel] created by Liu Xiaofei.”

“So, to be honest, it's been pretty busy during this time.”

Listening to Mu Qianshan's laughing voice on the other end of the phone, Jiang Yuan's face also darkened involuntarily.

“I'm being targeted, and you're that happy?”

Jiang Yuan's faint voice sounded from the other end of the phone, and Mu Qianshan hurriedly stopped his loud laughter.

With a serious face: “How could that be? I'm anxious when you're targeted, I don't have time to be happy.”

“Hmm, but making money is indeed very happy.”

“Hahaha!”

After speaking, Mu Qianshan once again laughed unreservedly.

“Alright, you decide for yourself, but still pay attention, it's better to break through as soon as possible.”

Hearing Mu Qianshan's laughter, Jiang Yuan also chuckled, but still urged him.

“Don't worry, I understand your situation very well. Those cards they bought from me won't affect you much. You just need to be a little careful.”

“As for breaking through, probably tomorrow. After I finish today's work and give out instructions, I'll officially start breaking through tomorrow.”

“Alright, try your best to break through successfully on your own.”

“Of course, if I break through successfully on my own, I can save a pill, and selling it will be a lot of money.”

“Haha, that's true too.”

Jiang Yuan smiled, and after they talked for a few more sentences, they hung up the phone.

“No wonder you two are good friends.”

Old Lord on the side laughed: “Both of you are equally obsessed with money.”

“This is respect for money.”

Jiang Yuan smiled and stepped into the Martial Arts Arena.

Surprisingly, his seat in the audience was still there.

However, Jiang Yuan only glanced at it and then paid no more attention.

Although half an hour hadn't passed yet, Jiang Yuan's scheduled opponent had already arrived.

At this moment, there were no other Students on the Martial Arts Arena, so Jiang Yuan paused and walked towards the stage.

Seeing Jiang Yuan arrive, Yan Boren also stood up and followed Jiang Yuan to the center of the arena.

“This time, you won't get past me.”

After arriving on the stage, Yan Boren spoke to Jiang Yuan.

However, Jiang Yuan merely glanced at him and said nothing more.

Hmm, standard pre-match trash talk segment.

After Jiang Yuan made a gesture, he was the first to enter the Martial Arts Arena's range.

Although Yan Boren was a bit displeased that Jiang Yuan ignored him, he still entered the Martial Arts Arena together.

Both sides entered the Martial Arts Arena simultaneously, and the battle officially began.

As the countdown in the air ended, purple light flashed in the arena.

Nezha appeared in the arena, but unlike his usual excited charge, Nezha seemed to glance at the opponent with some boredom, then threw his Qiankun Circle.

Seeing his Qiankun Circle pass through the opponent's body and fall to the ground, Nezha's face showed an expression of 'as expected'.

Shrugging his shoulders helplessly, Nezha was also resigned.

Now, facing Jiang Yuan, using a card like [Shadow Duel] seemed to have become a custom.

If the opponent didn't use it in that match, Nezha would actually be surprised.

“Alright, it's up to me.”

Jiang Yuan also nodded helplessly and said.

He was very confident in his own strength.

Confident that he wasn't very strong.

If Nezha and Zhao Gongming could handle it, it was best not to let him take action.

But obviously…

Indeed, he still needed to find a way to counter [Shadow Duel].

By the way, among Shi Ji's newly acquired Undead Enslavement skills, there was one that could prevent herself from being affected by negative effects.

But Jiang Yuan had used it, and [Shadow Duel] didn't seem to be a negative effect type of skill.

He wasn't quite sure which type it belonged to.

However, Jiang Yuan was also working hard on research. He was a Summoning Card Master after all, he couldn't possibly go on stage for everything, could he?

It was still fine now, his opponents were just from the Human Race World.

What if the [Shadow Duel] card fell into other racial worlds?

What if people from other racial worlds also discovered this method of targeting him?

When fighting people from other races, failure truly meant death.

Unlike in the Human Race World, where battles were basically conducted in the Martial Arts Arena.

Jiang Yuan sighed helplessly, then used his various skills.

Shi Ji's Necromancy, to lower the opponent's defense.

Nezha's [Lotus Avatar], to enhance physical strength and allow lotus petals to assist in attacks.

By the way, Nezha's [Lotus Avatar] could also increase the damage of fire-attribute skills. Should he also create a Golden Crow for himself?

After all, the Golden Crow's skills were similar to Zhao Gongming's, also having the same nature.

But now was not the time to think about that.

Jiang Yuan shook his head, using his lightning-attribute skills, but in the next second, he saw the purple light shining in the opponent's hand.

In the consciousness space, a needle appeared within it, piercing towards the little Jiang Yuan in the consciousness space.